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Historic Sites

Telephone: 651-259-3473  ·  Fax: 651-296-8404
Email: historicsites@mnhs.org

The Historic Sites Department administers 32 state historic sites throughout Minnesota. This network of historic sites represents some of the most compelling aspects of Minnesota history, and provides a place for visitors to hear the stories and visit the real places where Minnesota history happened.

Sites Managed by the Minnesota Historical Society

Birch Coulee Battlefield
   Telephone: 507-697-6321  ·  Fax: 507-697-6310
   E-mail: birchcoulee@mnhs.org

Historic Forestville
   Telephone: 507-765-2785  ·  Fax: 507-765-2785
   E-mail: forestville@mnhs.org

Forest History Center
Telephone: 218-327-4482  ·  Fax: 218-327-4483
E-mail: foresthistory@mnhs.org

Fort Snelling
   Telephone: 612-726-1171  ·  Fax: 612-725-2429
   E-mail: ftsnelling@mnhs.org

Hill House
   Telephone: 651-296-8205  ·  Fax: 651-297-5655
   E-mail: hillhouse@mnhs.org

Jeffers Petroglyphs
   Telephone: 507-628-5591  ·  Fax: 507-628-5593
   E-mail: jefferspetroglyphs@mnhs.org

Kelley Farm
Telephone: 612-441-6896  ·  Fax: 612-441-6302
E-mail: kelleyfarm@mnhs.org

Lindbergh House
   Telephone: 320-632-3154  ·  Fax: 320-632-0502
   E-mail: lindbergh@mnhs.org

Lower Sioux Agency
   Telephone: 507-697-6321  ·  Fax: 507-697-6310
   E-mail: lowersioux@mnhs.org

Marine Mill
   Telephone: 507-697-6321 ·  Fax: 507-697-6310
   E-mail: marinemill@mnhs.org

Mill City Museum
   Telephone: 612-341-7555 ·  Fax: 612-341-7001
   E-mail: mcm@mnhs.org

Mille Lacs Indian Museum
   Telephone: 320-532-3632  ·  Fax: 320-532-4625
   E-mail: millelacs@mnhs.org

Minnesota State Capitol
   Telephone: 651-296-2881  ·  Fax: 651-297-1502
   E-mail: statecapitol@mnhs.org

North West Company Fur Post
   Telephone: 320-629-6356  ·  Fax: None
   E-mail: nwcfurpost@mnhs.org

Ramsey House
   Telephone: 651-296-8760  ·  Fax: 651-296-0100
   E-mail: ramseyhouse@mnhs.org

Sibley House
   Telephone: 651-452-1596  ·  Fax: None
   E-mail: sibleyhouse@mnhs.org

Split Rock Lighthouse
   Telephone: 218-226-6372  ·  Fax: 218-226-6373
   E-mail: splitrock@mnhs.org

Sites Managed by Other Organizations

Comstock House (City of Moorhead)
   Telephone: 218-291-4211  ·  Fax: None
   E-mail: comstock@mnhs.org

Folsom House (Taylors Falls Historical Society)
   Telephone: 651-465-3125  ·  Fax: None
   E-mail: thomas.ellig@mnhs.org

Fort Ridgely (Nicollet County Historical Society)
   Telephone: 507-426-7888  ·  Fax: None
   E-mail: ftridgely@mnhs.org

Harkin Store (Nicollet County Historical Society)
   Telephone: 507-354-8666 or 507-934-2106
   E-mail: harkinstore@mnhs.org

Lac Qui Parle (Chippewa County Historical Society)
   Telephone: 320-269-7636  ·  Fax: None
   E-mail: lacquiparle@mnhs.org

Minnehaha Depot (Minnesota Transportation Museum)
   Telephone: 651-228-0263 ·  Fax: None
   E-mail: minnehahadepot@mnhs.org

Traverse des Sioux (Nicollet County Historical Society)
   Telephone: 507-934-2160 ·  Fax: None
   E-mail: traversedessioux@mnhs.org

W.W. Mayo (Mayo House Interpretive Society)
   Telephone: 507-665-3250  ·  Fax: None
   E-mail: mayohouse@mnhs.org